The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-13


election shall be: ssFor the subscription
and issue Of bonds TO The Chicago, Kan
sas o. Western Railroad company" and
- galnst the subscription Of stock and
issue OF bonds to The Chicago, Kansas q
Western Railroad COMPANY"
To the Honorable Board of County Com
mlssioners of Lyon County. Kas
We, the undersigned, your petitioners,
being resident Lsx-pAvers ana legal
voters OF the township of Emporis, coun-
~ OF Lyon, state OF Kansas, respectfully
petition your honorable body 70 submit
70 the qualified electors Of said township
Of Emporia, for their acceptance or re-
jection, At . special election TO be or
dered by your honorable body, under
and In pursuance Of the laws OF the state
Of Kansas. and an act entitled IAN act 20
enable counties, townships and cities 70
aid in the construction OF railroads, and
% repeal section 8 OF chapter 80 Of the
laws If 1874; which took effect February
% 1875, and amendments thereto, the
following proposition, with the terms
and conditions herein specified, to Wit !:
Shall the township of EmpOriA, county
Of Lyon, state OF Kansas, subscribe for
one hundred shares Of one hundred dol
lars each of the capital stock Of the Chi
csRO, Kansas q Western railroad
company, corporation organized and
Existing under the laws of the
late OF Kansas, and in payment therefor
ssue TO the ssid railroad company thu
bonds of said township of EmporiA,
county of Lyon, of the denomination OF
one thousand dollars each, said bonds to
% payable TO the bearer, st the fiscal
gency Of the state OF Kansas in New
York city thirty years after the date
hereof, payable after twenty years,
bearing interest at the rate of six per
cent per annum, payable annually, for
which interest coupons shall be attached
payable At the fiscal agency aforesaid.
This subscription of stock and issue OF
bonds TO be upon the following condi-
tiOns, namely: As soon az SAID prop
osition shAll be determined in the affirm
alive, by canvass OF the votes cast at said
election the board Of county commission
ers of said county, for and in behalf Of
said township of EmpOria, county Of
Lyon, shall order the county clerk to
make and the county clerk shall make
said subscription In the name Of sal
township of Enporia, cOun-
ty Of Lyon, for said shares
In the name of said township Of Emporia,
county Of Lyon, for said shares OF cApi-
tal stock Of said railroad company; and
when the railroad of said railroad COM
pany shall be built Of the standard gauge
and completed and In operation from
Elinor, Chase county, Kansas, to the city
Of Emp ria, Lyon county, and shall, by
lease or otherwise, form q continuous
line from the Indian Territory to the city
Of EmpOria py way Of EldoradO, Kansas.
And when said railroad company shall
build and construct, either by itself or In
conjunction with the AtchisoD, Topeka
& Santa Fe railroad company, or by or
the last named company at or a.
near the city of EmporiA as practicable
In the township Of EmI oriS large aud
stock yards which shall be
Of sufficient capacity and furnished with
sufficient accommodations 70 water aud
feed all stock which may be brought
10 Emporia or transported through En-
poria by either the Chicago, Kansas &
westera railroad company, the Atchison,
Topeka q Santa Fe railroad company or
the Southern Kansas railroad company,
and shall establish such stock yards as
The central and principal feeding and
point in the state OF Kansas for
AL stock shipped over its roads, and
when the said railroad company shall es-
.ablish the city of EmporiA as the end of
4 division upon said road 20 be kept and
as the end OF such division
when the same is established) then, and
At such time or times the said Chicago,
Kansas & Western railroad company
and issue 100 shares OF stock therefor.
The said board of county commission
eTs of said county shall cause such bonds
with interest coupons attached as Afore-
said, to be issued in the name of said
.ownshIp Of EmporiA, county OF Lyon
and shall deliver the same to said rail-
road company on delivery or tender to
he treasurer OF said township of
EmpOriA, county Of Lyon by said
80 nE naHfiHnafoo 20
shares of fully paid up capital stock of
laid railroad company equal in amount
with said bonds, dollar for dollar, pro
vdRd said railroad shall be built and
and in operation, ny lease or
)ther wise as aforesaid, ready for busi-
p ga, on or before the 1st day OF January,
SSS; and, provided further that said
Itock wards shall be constructed and
ully completed on or before said last
, feeding point ss afOre said, and that
he said city of EnporiS shall be estab- |
ished as the end of q division Of said |
abroad on or before said last named |
late; provided further, that II the sale |
Kansas s. Western railroad |
company shall be hindered or delayed in |
of the said line OF
'ailroAd by labor strikes, legal
proceedings or extraordinary Rc-
ION Oh tue eAomentb, the 1onRtn Oh
lime 1t Is so hindered shall be added TO |
The time herein taken TO complete said |
and provided further, that
his proposition Is not to be binding upon |
he sA d railroad company unless the |
lily of EmporiA shall subscribe for two |
shares of its capital stock upon |
he same terms and conditions.
The form of ballots to be used at said
election shall be: "For the subscrip-
ion OF stock and issue of bonds to the
chicago, Kansas & Western railroad
and against the subscrip-
Ion OF stock and issue OF bonds to the
Chicago, Kansas & Western railroad